She’ll never sell out
She never will
Not for a dollar bill
She works hard
She Works Hard for the Money by Donna Summer was released on May 27, 1983, with I Do Believe (I Fell in Love) as the B side. It was the first single from the album of the same name.
The song reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Black Singles chart.
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Word Up! By Cameo was released on May 27, 1986, with Urban Warrior as the B side. It was a single from the funk group’s album of the same name. Continue reading
I have climbed the highest mountains
I have run through the fields
Only to be with you
I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For by U2
was released on May 25, 1987. It was the second single released from the album The Joshua Tree.
The song was U2’s second consecutive No. 1 single on the Billboard Hot 100. It peaked at No. 6 on the UK Singles Chart.
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And in the end on dreams we will depend
Cause that’s what love is made of
Dreams
by Van Halen was released May 24, 1986, with Inside as the B side. It was the second single from the album 5150, Van Halen’s first album with new lead singer Sammy Hagar.
Dreams only reached No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100. The first single from the album, Why Can’t This Be Love, had peaked at No. 3.
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I know you’re out there somewhere
Somewhere you can hear my voice
I know I’ll find you somehow
Somehow, somehow
I Know You’re Out There Somewhere by English
progressive rock band The Moody Blues was released on May 23, 1988, with Miracle as the B side. The song was a single from the album Sur La Mer.
The song reached No. 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 52 on the UK Singles Chart. It was the band’s final Top 40 hit in the United States.
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So on the beach you’re strollin’ real high rollin’
Everything you have is yours and not stolen
A girl runs up with somethin’ to prove
So don’t just stand there bust a move
Bust a Move by Young MC was released on May 22, 1989, with Got More Rhymes as the B side. It was a single from the rapper’s debut album, Stone Cold Rhymin’.
Bust a Move was Young MC.’s biggest hit. It reached No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was a No. 1 hit in Australia.
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Since you’ve gone I’ve been lost without a trace
I dream at night, I can only see your face
Every Breath You Take by The Police was released on May 20, 1983, with Murder by Numbers as the B side. It was the first single from the album Synchronicity.
Every Breath You Take was the biggest hit of 1983. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for eight weeks and the UK Singles chart for four weeks.
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She’s got something you just can’t trust
It’s something mysterious
And now it seems I’m falling, falling for her
Invisible Touch by Genesis was released May 19, 1986, with The Last Domino as the B side. It was the first single from the album of the same name.
Invisible Touch was the band’s first and only No. 1 single in the United States. It only reached No. 15 in the United Kingdom.
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In a Big Country by Big Country was released in the United Kingdom on May 19, 1983, with All of Us as the B side. It was a single from the Scottish band’s debut studio album, The Crossing. It was later released in the United States in the fall of 1983. Continue reading
‘Til now I always got by on my own
I never really cared until I met you
Alone by Heart was released on May 16, 1987. It was the first single from the album Bad Animals.
The power ballad was a No. 1 hit in the United States and Canada. It reached No. 3 on the UK Singles chart.
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